elect
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For the first time since the Great Depression, the state could elect a governor with facial hair.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026
And the VRA requires that racial minorities be given an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
They are due to elect 18 representatives to the central committee and 80 to the movement's parliament, known as the revolutionary council.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
Companies can elect to pass on to consumers the higher shipping and energy costs, but they also risk losing customers.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
Some years the tigers elect a triarch, and some years they do not, but never more than one, so the elephants have ruled the city for three hundred years.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing elect
Election Lingo
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Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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Michelle Obama's Speech at the 2016 DNC
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